Can I record Fire Stick's live tv channels with Channels DVR?

[tomatillos]

Hi. I apologize for this newbie question, but I can't figure it out:
Can I record Fire Stick's live tv channels with Channels DVR? That is, can I use my Prime membership in any way to have Fire's channels as a source for Channels DVR recording to my NAS?

Thank you!
Tom

[maddox]

No. Those are proprietary to the device and are not open for integrating with.

[Morris_Altman]

Possibly you can with ABD Tuner or the USB capture

[bnhf]

@tomatillos

Can I record Fire Stick's live tv channels with Channels DVR?

You can using the ah4c project. However, I would not rate this as a "newbie" endeavor -- plus it requires an HDMI encoder. It can, and has been done though.

AndroidHDMI-for-Channels (ah4c) - FireTV LiveTV capture

I've been working on a FireTV LiveTV version of the ah4c project (androidhdmi-for-channels) that will allow those with HDMI encoders and FireTV devices to capture basically anything you can get to appear in the FireTV's LiveTV guide. Since there's no real search function for "LiveTV" on these devices, we're basically stepping through the device's LiveTV guide for a channel match -- which means you want limit the number of channels in the LiveTV guide to maybe 60 or so maximum (it'll search top …

[tomatillos]

Thanks everyone.

I'm looking to record streamed stations using Channels DVR. What's my best bet?

[Bobby_Vaughn]

Playon Cloud does a good job of recording a lot of different streaming services. You can search this forum and check out the main support page Playon Cloud How To

[tomatillos]

Thanks, Bobby! I just subscribed for a year of Home, on your recommendations.

Will it record to the Channels DVR as a source?

[Bobby_Vaughn]

I had bad results with the home version. You can use the cloud version and only buy credits. I’ll look in just a few minutes and find the post that explains it better. I just use the cloud version and have it download into Channels.

[Bobby_Vaughn]

They will give your home purchase back for like 30 days if you ask them. It isn't an actual source, it downloads into a Playon directory and shows up as either tv shows or movies in channels.

Here is the link I was thinking of. There are other posts on the forums that offer more info.
https://community.getchannels.com/t/playon-cloud-any-account-sharing-crackdowns/42684

[tomatillos]

Thanks, Bobby. Trying to figure it all out. You've been a great help.

Tom